David Polen is a Head of trading platform (Polaris) at Pragma. He possess expertise in order management, ems, risk, trading, equities and 23 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "David is super-smart, with an excellent insight into both the engineering and the business around electronic trading and software-as-a-service. He was hugely valuable to us in his first stint at Fidessa, and even more valuable when he returned from his role at Lime, having learned significantly from the different environment there. I’d definitely choose to work with David again.", "David Polen is brilliant; he's one of the smartest people that I have ever worked with. David has the ability to visualize complex systems from front to back and to create creative solutions. He is also very practical and is able to come up with designs that are easy to implement reliably.", and "David Polen is head and shoulders above his peers. He is a key asset to Fidessa and would quickly become a differentiator wherever he applied himself. He presents a mix of creativity, technical nous, eloquence, diplomacy and pure genius. He is a superstar without the entourage and trappings. He deserves every success."